Pelosi Notes Common Misconception On Impeachment: It Doesn’t Mean Immediate Removal From Office

The Washington Post reports:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday noted a common misconception that the impeachment of a president means immediate removal from office, as she continued to call for a deliberate approach in building a case against President Trump.

“Do you know that most people think impeachment means you’re out of office?” Pelosi said at a news conference. “They think, if you get impeached, you’re gone. And that is completely not true. And I may have thought that myself 50 years ago.”

Pelosi’s comments come as a growing number of Democrats are calling for the launch of impeachment proceedings against Trump. Some in the caucus, however, have voiced fear about the political consequences if Trump is impeached by the Democratic-led House, only to be acquitted by the Republican-led Senate.